John Michael Burke's chess openings
GM🇺🇸 United StatesFIDE 2569493 games
John Michael Burke, Grandmaster from United States, has 493 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, John Michael Burke most often opens with 1.e4 (96% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e5, the Open Game; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White247 games · +130 =81 −36 · 69%
As Black246 games · +99 =103 −44 · 61%
As White
- 1.e4 King's Pawn Opening96%235 games · scores 69% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1.c4 English Opening3%7 games · scores 57% · main line 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening1%3 games · scores 83% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e5 Open Game70%78 games · scores 62% · main line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense30%34 games · scores 79% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense75%64 games · scores 56% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game22%19 games · scores 63% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6
- 1...g6 Modern Defense1%1 game · scores 100% · main line 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bg5 Nf6
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